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course of time the W.C.'s inside a House
would be looked upon as for the use of those
inmates only whose avocations do not call them
out, and for children, any imaginary indelicacy
would soon disappear as to the general use of
such establishments; at present the evil, or
difficulty arising from the non-ventilation of Sewers
is not so generally understood or felt, as to justify
the propriety of making any such general suggestion.
It is, however, perfectly practicable to prevent
the quantity of trade refuse and vegetable matter
or refuse of cooking, to find their way into the
Sewers at all, most households could easily destroy
a great deal that is now put down the sink
or closet by the simple process of burning, and
now that cooking appliances are becoming more
and more general, and as all that will burn is
fuel, it may become a matter of economy to put it
to that use instead of its being turned into noxious
waste as it now generally is.
That the whole question of Sewer Ventilation
is a most perplexing one is proved by the fact
that numbers of able men having given years
of consideration to the subject have not arrived
at a more than partial or local remedy. To
my own mind it is a kind of Will-o'-the-Wisp
that cannot be grasped. Another paradoxical
difficulty in a District like St. James's, is the
construction of Public Conveniences. In districts
where they can be easily made without injury